Juneau Independent

Sockeye counts in the Upper Lynn Canal are down, and the run is yet to arrive in full force. As the weeks tick by and numbers stay low, some fishermen are worried the full run might not materialize at all.

Haines and Skagway residents have been dealing with weak or no cell service for several days this week. At least two carriers – AT&T and Verizon – say the outage is due to Juneau’s glacial outburst flood.

Sunday’s massive tsunami-causing landslide in Southeast Alaska likely sent more than 100 million cubic meters of debris into an icy fjord and onto a prominent glacier in one of the largest slides in at least 10 years, according to analysis by the Alaska Earthquake Center.

After months of wrangling and a controversial decision to drop busing for the year, the Haines board of education voted to lease up to three buses and take on the responsibility of transporting students to and from school this year.

Residents have mixed feelings about what the moves mean for the project and the future of the Chilkat Valley

The opportunity is growing for home builders in Petersburg to use locally milled Tongass timber in their new building projects.

The local office was closed Monday morning and for the foreseeable future until her replacement is hired.

A petroglyph rock was found split in half last month, apparently damaged by someone attempting to remove the ancient carving, according to borough and U.S. Forest Service officials.

King salmon fishing is back on for nonresident sport anglers in Southeast Alaska, effective Monday, Aug. 4, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced.

Six Alaska bands are headlining the Southeast Alaska State Fair set for July 31 to August 3.

What would it take to get the Haines Borough School district to bus students to and from school this year? That’s a question parents, students, and Haines school district employees tackled during a Monday evening meeting at the former Mosquito Lake school in the upper valley.

Late in the afternoon of Sept. 14, 1915, Oscar Carlson was driving his wagon in Wrangell, headed toward the shingle mill. He was passing the power plant when he encountered a group of Mexican cannery workers. Per the admittedly one-sided account in the Wrangell Sentinel, the possibly intoxicated laborers stopped Carlson and told him to either drink or fight with them.